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Rank strategic missiles and air-defense systems by range, capability, technology, deployment role, or your comparison criteria. A useful ranking separates first impressions from the strengths that hold up over time, so place what you genuinely know rather than reputation alone.

Editorial review: 2026-07-24

  1. Agni-5

    Agni-5 is India's canisterized, road-mobile, three-stage solid-fuel ballistic missile with a publicly stated range above 5,000 km. India's 2024 multiple-warhead flight test strengthened its role as a survivable long-range platform within the country's strategic nuclear deterrent.

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  2. Akash

    Akash is an Indian mobile medium-range surface-to-air missile system that pairs ramjet-powered interceptors with phased-array radar. Operational air-force and army variants provide indigenous area defense against aircraft, drones, and some cruise-missile threats.

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  3. Aster 30 SAMP/T NG

    Aster 30 SAMP/T NG is the Franco-Italian next-generation mobile air and missile defense system. New 360-degree AESA radars and the active-guided Aster 30 B1NT interceptor are designed to expand coverage against aircraft, cruise missiles, and tactical ballistic missiles, making it a key European sovereign-defense program.

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  4. Dark Eagle (LRHW)

    Dark Eagle (LRHW) is the U.S. Army's mobile Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, using a rocket booster and Common-Hypersonic Glide Body for long-range conventional prompt strike. The system is entering operational use after repeated schedule delays, and public evidence of combat reliability remains limited.

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  5. David's Sling

    David's Sling is an Israeli-American air and missile defense system positioned between Iron Dome and the Arrow family. Its multi-sensor, hit-to-kill Stunner interceptor is optimized for tactical ballistic missiles, heavy rockets, and other medium- to long-range threats.

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  6. DF-41

    DF-41 is China's road-mobile, three-stage solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile and is widely assessed to support multiple independently targetable warheads. Intercontinental reach, rapid launch preparation, and mobility make it a central survivable element of China's land-based nuclear deterrent.

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  7. DF-5B

    DF-5B is China's silo-based, liquid-fueled heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, upgraded from the older DF-5 with multiple-warhead capability. Its large payload remains valuable, but fixed silos and liquid propulsion offer less responsiveness and mobility than newer solid-fuel systems.

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  8. ET LDHCM

    ET LDHCM does not map consistently to a clearly documented missile designation in authoritative public sources. It appears to be shorthand associated with a developmental long-range hypersonic cruise-missile concept rather than a standardized operational system, so source confidence and maturity should outweigh advertised performance.

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  9. Fattah-2

    Fattah-2 is an Iranian system presented as a hypersonic missile with a rocket booster and maneuvering glide vehicle intended to complicate interception. Its actual speed profile, guidance performance, production scale, and operational status have not been independently verified.

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  10. HQ-9B

    HQ-9B is an improved Chinese long-range surface-to-air missile system using mobile launchers and networked radar for regional defense. It is intended to engage aircraft, high-value airborne platforms, and selected missile threats, and forms part of China's layered homeland and point-defense architecture.

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  11. Hwasong-11Ma

    Hwasong-11Ma is assessed as an improved member of North Korea's Hwasong-11 mobile short-range ballistic missile family, emphasizing quasi-ballistic flight and terminal maneuvering. Public information on its payload, accuracy, and deployment scale is limited, while its main significance lies in regional penetration capability.

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  12. Hwasong-17

    Hwasong-17 is North Korea's very large liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile, transported by an eleven-axle road vehicle and tested on trajectories consistent with reaching the continental United States. Its payload potential is substantial, but launch preparation, survivability, and true multiple-warhead capability remain debated.

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  13. IRIS-T SLM

    IRIS-T SLM is a German medium-range ground-based air defense system derived from the IRIS-T air-to-air missile and equipped with active radar guidance. Operational use in Ukraine has demonstrated its role defending cities and infrastructure from aircraft, cruise missiles, and drones.

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  14. Jericho III

    Jericho III is widely assessed as Israel's long-range solid-fuel ballistic missile and a land-based component of its undeclared nuclear deterrent, potentially deployed in hardened facilities. Israel releases almost no official performance data, so range, payload, and readiness estimates remain externally sourced.

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  15. JL-3

    JL-3 is China's next-generation submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile, assessed to provide substantially greater reach and payload capacity than JL-2. It enables strategic submarines to hold distant targets from safer patrol areas, although platform assignments and warhead details remain classified.

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  16. LGM-30G Minuteman III

    LGM-30G Minuteman III has served since 1970 as the silo-based land leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Repeated upgrades to guidance, propulsion, and command systems created a mature and reliable intercontinental missile, but aging infrastructure now drives the Sentinel replacement program.

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  17. LGM-35A Sentinel

    LGM-35A Sentinel is the planned replacement for Minuteman III and includes new missiles, launch facilities, communications, and command infrastructure across the U.S. ICBM enterprise. It is designed for decades of strategic deterrence, but major cost growth and schedule restructuring make it a future capability rather than a mature one.

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  18. M51 (France · SLBM)

    M51 is France's three-stage solid-fuel submarine-launched ballistic missile, carried by Triomphant-class strategic submarines with multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads. Successive M51.2 and M51.3 upgrades extend reach, penetration, and service life for France's independent sea-based deterrent.

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  19. Oreshnik

    Oreshnik is a Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile first used against Ukraine in November 2024, releasing multiple high-speed reentry payloads. Russia describes it as a hypersonic penetration weapon, but its design lineage, accuracy, production scale, and conventional military effectiveness remain opaque.

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  20. Patriot PAC-3 MSE

    Patriot PAC-3 MSE is the hit-to-kill interceptor optimized for missile defense within the Patriot system, using a larger dual-pulse motor and high-agility controls. It is operational across multiple countries and has combat experience against tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and aircraft.

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  21. R-30 Bulava

    R-30 Bulava is Russia's solid-fuel submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile for Borei-class strategic submarines and carries multiple nuclear warheads. After a troubled early flight-test program, it entered service and now anchors the modernization of Russia's sea-based deterrent.

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  22. RS-24 Yars

    RS-24 Yars is Russia's solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, deployed in both road-mobile and silo-based configurations with multiple warheads. Developed from the Topol-M family, its mobility, production maturity, and deployment scale make it a backbone of Russia's land-based strategic forces.

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  23. RS-28 Sarmat

    RS-28 Sarmat is Russia's heavy liquid-fueled silo-based ICBM intended to replace the R-36M family, with a very large payload and flexible trajectory claims. Its strategic potential is substantial, but test setbacks and opaque deployment progress make operational maturity uncertain.

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  24. S-500 Prometheus

    S-500 Prometheus is Russia's long-range air and missile defense system intended for ballistic missiles, high-speed vehicles, and selected low-orbit targets. Limited equipment has appeared publicly, but interception ranges, production volume, and complete operational performance rely heavily on official claims.

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  25. Trident II

    Trident II is the shared foundation of U.S. and British sea-based nuclear deterrence, serving Ohio- and Vanguard-class submarines and planned successor fleets. Its three-stage solid propulsion, intercontinental reach, and long record of successful tests make it one of the most mature submarine-launched ballistic missile systems.

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  26. UGM-133A Trident II D5

    UGM-133A Trident II D5 is the formal U.S. designation for the multiple-warhead submarine-launched ballistic missile used by American and British strategic submarines. The D5 Life Extension program updates electronics and guidance while preserving the system's exceptional accuracy and reliability across submarine generations.

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  27. YJ-20

    YJ-20 is a newly displayed Chinese ship-launched hypersonic anti-ship weapon, widely assessed to fit the vertical-launch systems of large surface combatants. It is intended to threaten high-value naval targets at long range, but guidance, reach, and operational deployment details remain limited publicly.

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